Cutouts vs Sugar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cutouts
Instantly react to messages with your own face. Snap a picture, then drag and drop it directly into your iMessage conversations to express yourself in a fun, personalized way.
- Snap photos for reactions
- Drag and drop into iMessage
- Personalized face cutouts
- React with your face
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Welcome to Cutouts for iMessage! Simply snap a pic and drag it on a message to react with your face.
Sugar
Express yourself beyond standard chat bubbles. This app lets you draw, add text, images, GIFs, and videos anywhere on an unlimited canvas, transforming conversations into a creative art form.
- Unlimited canvas for messages
- Draw directly on messages
- Add text, images, GIFs, and videos
- Customizable text styles
- Conversations as art
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Why are our messages with friends constrained to generic green and blue chat bubbles? It’s time to add some color (and chaos) to your conversations with Sugar. On Sugar, chat outside the box by dropping text, images, GIFs, videos, and drawings anywhere on the unlimited canvas. Pick a text style as unique as your own voice (or keep it old school with a green or blue bubble). On Sugar, conversation is art.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cutouts at 4.4 against Sugar's 2.4. Cutouts also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 32%) and ratings volume (714 vs 10). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cutouts holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cutouts has 714 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Cutouts's written reviews are positive against 32% of Sugar's.
Cutouts ships an update every 4 days, Sugar every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cutouts | Sugar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (714 ratings) — better | 2.4 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews — better | 31.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 714 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 262 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Wellnest, Inc. | amo |
Customer experience
Cutouts
Sugar
User reviews
Cutouts
From 714 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🎨 Fun and creative
- 💡 Unique concept
- 🤩 Enhances messaging experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🔄 Compatibility issues with iOS updates
- 🗑️ Removal of key features (library, copy/paste)
- 📱 Not optimized for iPad
Sugar
From 10 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Innovative concept
- 👍 Fun and refreshing social experience
- 💡 Unique way to interact with friends
Room to improve
- 🔒 Forced access to contacts
- 🔒 Privacy concerns
- 🐛 Buggy and unstable
- 🤔 Unclear value proposition
- 😕 Frustrating onboarding process
Bugs and requests
Cutouts
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not working properly with iOS 17
- Glitches with message sending and keyboard issues
- Compatibility problems with iPad
Requested features
4 requests- Bring back library and copy/paste functionality
- Add search/browse option for stickers
- Improve sticker size consistency
- Allow deletion of individual reactions/images
Sugar
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues
- Crashes and freezes
- Disappearing content
- Unresponsive controls
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to delete content
- Improve navigation and UI
- Expand customization options
- Allow sign-up without inviting friends
In-app purchases
Cutouts
No in-app purchases
Sugar
No in-app purchases
